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Police said 34 new Tesla Cybertrucks were damaged. The owner parked the exotic cars in a parking lot in Fort Lauderdale. 

In an apparent vendetta against Elon Musk, a vandal, or vandals spray-painted an expletive and his name — “F--- Elon” — on the ostentatious electric trucks starting at over $80,000 each. 

“It was just one row and then it was a second row, and then a third row and a fourth row,” Adam Docktor, who works nearby, said.

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[–] FoolishSage@lemmy.world 44 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The reason they stopped at 34 cybertrucks is because vandalizing any more would make it a federal crime. You can read up on this by googling "cybertruck rule 34"

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I got curious and tried it. What does this mean?

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 4 months ago

Well when two cybertrucks love each other very much...

[–] errer@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I had thought it was because only 34 cybertrucks existed in Florida

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[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 34 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Amateurs. You don't spray paint them, they'll just clean it off.

What you do, is place a stencil with “fuck Elon” on them, spray rust protective clear lacquer over the general area, and remove the stencil.

They won't notice until the next time it rains, when the words will show up in bright rust orange, much more harder to remove than any spray paint, and much harder to trace to you.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

A devilishly devious plan sir.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

you're a wily one

[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Seems like an awful lot of work when a can of expanding foam squirted in the right places will disable most anything mechanical and is much more difficult to remove.

[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The point isn't to disable them, it's to write “fuck Elon” on them. 🤷‍♂️

(Plus, they're A.— electric vehicles, so not that many mechanical bits to disable, B.— Teslas, so they already do a pretty good job of getting disabled all by themselves, and C.— cybertrucks, so they already come pretty pre-disabled by design, the poor things.)

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[–] nul42@lemmy.ca 19 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I mistook the trucks for dumpsters.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Ah, Cyberdumpsters, please. Branding, and that.

[–] bambam@piefed.social 6 points 4 months ago

With this visual improvement to a cybertruck, I may be coaxed into buying one.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)
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[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 months ago

You were right the first time

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[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago

Well at least they are partially painted now which should help with the rust.

[–] cadekat@pawb.social 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Fuck, now I have to say fuck ten time to balance out the five censored fucks in this fucking post. Fuck this fucking noise, you're allowed to say fuck on the fucking internet for fuck's sake. Fuck.

[–] pageflight@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Thankfully electrek.co has the uncensored version.

defaced trucks

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 4 months ago

Etching fluid would be a better choice, take .002-.003” off over the course of a night and no one would know until the sun hit it just right.

Might need a battery if you want to speed things up, but I think it’d work for a quick tag too.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Police said 34 new Tesla Cybertrucks were damaged.

By Friday afternoon, the graffiti had been wiped off.

Social media influencers and passersby stopped to snap photos.

Fort Lauderdale police are now investigating the case.

What a rollercoaster

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The spray paint on those was about as weather resistant as a the "stainless" steel

[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 12 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Just for info, spray paint you buy in shops now is shit because it's basically water based

Under no circumstances should you search online for "2K" spray paint as it's a two part paint, almost like epoxy resin and would be almost impossible to remove from a shitty pile of junk

[–] commandar@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

Also worth noting: 2K is incredibly toxic and regular paint filter masks are useless for preventing it from getting into your lungs. It's supposed to be used while wearing positive pressure ventilated PPE.

Probably not the best choice for redecoration on the move.

[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 months ago

If i remember correctly the old spray paint is banned in a bunch of places because of graffiti.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 4 points 4 months ago

So I take it the trucks are now piles of rust then?

As before when they were merely potential piles of rust.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 7 points 4 months ago

30 cybertrucks, one owner? Fucking spiders georg here

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Apart from the painting, it's interesting that Tesla needs to rent space to store Cybertrucks! Maybe it's not selling so hot?

[–] vodka@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

I think they have a delivery hold on it right now for some issue they have to fix, again!

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Pretty normal for manufacturers dealers to rent unused lots if they don’t have enough space to store inventory. And Telsa doesn’t have dealerships with attached lots. They just have little showroom stores, and they need hubs to park inventory.

[–] TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There is a no sale order as they fix the pedal and wipers. Voluntarily.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Wow so nice of them to not sell their class action bait in accordance with legal requirements.

Voluntarily.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

To be fair, that's actually more than I expected from Elon. Maybe the lawyers showed him a brightly colored graph illustrating the liability going up alongside sales.

[–] HurlingDurling@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Nice custom paint job

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Some say vandalized, others say upgraded.

[–] jas0n@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I say insurance fraud. They were never leaving the lot.

[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Yeah they were just trying to help tesla by demonstrating the concept of painting vehicles since tesla doesn't seem to understand it very well

[–] 555_1@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

That’s hardly a vandal. More like a freedom fighter.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (8 children)

Well if they can hold spray cans, they definitely have wrists, so I suggest the justice system give them a good hard slap if they get caught.

Edit: I wonder- am I pissing off Cybertruck lovers or people who think this deserves a harsh punishment (or just people who have never heard the phrase 'a slap on the wrist')?

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[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 4 points 4 months ago
[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 months ago

Beautiful 🥹

[–] Oaksey@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

TIL Cybertrucks are exotic cars...

Police said 34 new Tesla Cybertrucks were damaged. The owner parked the **exotic **cars in a parking lot in Fort Lauderdale.

[–] 555_1@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

If it breaks in a car wash and takes 5 hours to reboot, that’s pretty exotic.

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

One definition of exotic is "intriguingly unusual or interesting"

I think thats a fair description of the design. Doesnt mean people have to like them, or that they are well built.

Many exotic cars have been terribly built and ive seen super cars that i think are much uglier than cybertruck... And just about every saab car ive ever seen

[–] Veneroso@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Wow! Find out more by Googling "Elon Musk Florida Rule 34"!

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Made your daddy proud... Proud...

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